Statements Concerning Komori

Statement of Miyamoto (23 July 1947) At the meal given for Matake, fish, tomatoes, rice and sake were served by the nurses.

Present at this meal: Komori, Matake, Kanehisa, Ito, Shiokawa, Reiko, Takechi, Kishi, Shinno, Asamizu, Momota, Tsurumaru. This was not an ordinary lunch, but a party given for Matake.

Statement of Ogawa (Shiokawa) (taken 4 June, 420, 12 June report) OCH was taken over by the army about 20-23 Feb. 1945. Hospital had 3 Section Chiefs:

Internal Diseases - 2nd Lt. Kanehisa

Surgery - PO Komori, assisted by 2nd Lt. Kishi.

Dentistry - Dr. Ito, assisted by Dr. Murakami.

Komori was experimenting with sea water injections for various diseases, but mostly for neuralgia, and had used it on patients. He had the pharmacist pre­pare the water for him, one Junjiro Shinno, who had previously worked with Komori at Miyagi Surgical Hospital. Ogawa assisted Komori in sea water injections in absence of a surgical nurse.

Komori was often absent from the hospital to go to the University or WAH. Ogawa doesn’t believe that he had any duties at the University, although he had been with Ishiyama Clinic and if he wanted to find out something he went there. Komori was considered one of the best doctors in Kyushu, was friendly with high ranking Officers at WA, including Horiuchi, staff Officers, and Officers of the Medical Section. The night Komori was wounded he attended a party given for Mrs. Horiuchi because she had been treated at the University Hospital, and Komori had made arrangements for her treatment.

Komori in June 1945 told Ogawa that there were a lot of fleas and bed bugs in WAH and he was going to work on an experiment to get rid of them.

Around 1900-2000 in last part of May or first of June 1945 Komori came back to the hospital from the University, and he told Ogawa that he had done a gall bladder operation on an American Prisoner. 

Once Komori brought back from the University something in a metal container wrapped in a cloth, said it should hot be touched since he wanted to take, notes on it. About a week later or 10 days later, Ogawa saw something hanging on the left hand post in the doorway of the boiler room, through the window of the surgical treatment room. It looked black and something like a banana with the peelings hanging down. Nurse Nakae wondered if it wasn't what the army doctor (Komori) brought back to make notes on. t

The metal container that Komori brought back was placed on his desk. Ogawa believes that it was about 20 days before this that Komori mentioned his experi­ments for the extermination of fleas and bed bugs.

Komori liked to experiment with new medicines which he got from his older bro­ther, who was principal of the Kumamoto Phamaciutical College. The new medi­cine he experimented with most was that of sea water for neuralgia.